Baltimore sinkhole eats a row of cars in terrifying video

This is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Okay, sinkholes officially scare the crap out of me. As if the Corvette Museum disaster didn't adequately illustrate how random and dangerous these occurrences can be, what went down yesterday in Baltimore is enough to make you lose sleep every time it rains hard.

Over the last 24 hours, much of the northeast got hammered by torrential rains, after which sinkholes are sometimes known to reveal themselves. Such was the case on this residential street in Baltimore. As the video shows (the image above is actually a "before" shot), the ground had already given way somewhat, but at the 1:14 mark, the full fury of the sinkhole reveals itself. It's totally crazy:

Man, that noise! I don't blame the onlookers for losing it. It's scary enough on video. Can't imagine what it was like to be standing 20 feet away. To hell with all the sinkholes. For a better view of the aftermath, head over to NBC News.

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